James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
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Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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Christina Bolgiano
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
This collection is owned by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. Written permission to quote or publish any part of this collection must be obtained through Carrier Library Special Collections on behalf of the Society. The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Provenance
This collection is an amalgamation of a number of business and personal ledgers, minute books, and registers that are owned by the Historical Society. The collection is representative of multiple donations to the Historical Society, and in turn, multiple deposits to JMU.
Other Formats Available
Also available on microfilm, housed in Special Collections. Additional copies of the microfilm are owned by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society and the Library of Virginia.
Alternative Form Available
Also available on microfilm, Reels 1480-1485, at Special Collections of James Madison University and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], Shenandoah Valley Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books and Registers, 1804-1933, SC 0079, on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
The collection was place on deposit by contract with the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. The first five books were acquired in 1985; further additions were made in 1992 and 1995.
Processing Information
Books designated as flat by "FL" were rearranged in the summer of 2008 to maximize storage space. Books FL#1-12 are listed in the contents list below according to their physical arrangement. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2005.
Historical Information
Book 1 is the contract book of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association (now called the Tri-State Tobacco Growers Association). The Association was founded in 1922 and acts as a marketing association for the two Carolinas and Virginia, including Rockingham County where attempts were made to grow tobacco in the 1920s. Book 2, an unidentified business ledger, 1856 to 1858, lists sales of brandy as well as other items and labor. Book 3 is representative of the Grottoes Investment Company, a real estate investment company founded in 1891 at Shendun (now known as Grottoes, Virginia). The Ashby Memorial Association was a Confederate veteran's organization founded in 1897 whose membership included those from the S.B. Gibbons Camp, the Turner Ashby Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Turner Ashby Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans. Book 4 includes the minutes of the Ashby Memorial Association from July 1897 to April 1898. Book 5 is the school register for Public White School No. Six. The school was one of several schools located in the Plains District of Rockingham County. Book 20 records the accounts of the Valley Turnpike Company. Incorporated in 1834, the company was one of several companies authorized to construct a number of toll roads, including the one from Staunton to Winchester. Book 21 has been transcribed and published as the Michael Baker Store Account Book; see Related Material.
Scope and Content
The Shenandoah Valley Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books and Registers, 1804-1933, comprise an assortment of bound record books from various organizations and individuals, documenting a variety of agricultural, social, commercial, and educational endeavors in Harrisonburg and surrounding counties in the 19th and 20th centuries. Books 1-5 represent the first acquisition of the collection.
Arrangement
The collection was numerically arranged based on the order of accession. In the summer of 2008, the physical order of the books was changed to maximize storage space, however original numbering was retained. See the contents list below for the current physical arrangement.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Tobacco -- Cooperative Marketing -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
- Account books
- Addison Munch Store (Seven Fountains, Va.)
- Ashby Memorial Association (Va.)
- Bradley Foundry (Va.)
- Burkholder, John
- Bushnell, William
- Business records
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Societies, etc.
- Daybooks
- Grottoes Investment Company (Va.)
- Habron, James
- Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
- Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
- Kiser, George
- Kyle, David
- Kyle, Harvey
- Kyle, James
- Ledgers (account books)
- Minute books
- Public White School # 6 (Plains School District)
- Registers (lists)
- Rockingham County (Va.) -- History
- Schools -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
- Seven Fountains Nursery (Va.)
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Tri-State Tobacco Growers Association
- Trust Companies -- Virginia -- Grottoes
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc. -- Confederate
- Valley Turnpike Company (Va.)
- Werner, John
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Societies, etc.
- Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
- Rockingham County (Va.) -- History
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc. -- Confederate
Container List
Contains marketing and association agreements. Folder contains agreement, affidavit, and two letters.
List sales of brandy as well as other items and labor.
Lists pupils, subjects, attendance registers, and description of school house.
Mostly shoe repairs and manufacture
Shoes, farm items and labor
Records agricultural labor and payment
Includes livestock and other agricultural transactions
Lists visits and medicine, including to Negroes and later entries concern land, bonds, etc.
Lists various items from spices to furniture; back cover gives data on Kyle's moves around the Valley.
may be the daybook of a Harrisonburg general store
Ledger of agricultural & some dry goods.
accounts, bonds, interest, repairs, expenses, and salaries.
mostly food and wood
Partly in German
Pictures of popular apple types.
Sales, hauling, & odd jobs; receipts & orders associated with Bowman's Mill
Bowman's Mill miscellaneous sales
Sales at the store of James Habron.
Sales at the store of James Habron.
Seal of Addison Munch Dealer in Dry- Goods, Seven Fountains, VA, on the last page.
tobacco, grain, etc., McGaheysville.
miscellaneous
miscellaneous items, Lacey Spring.
- Microform box: MR 1480
Microfilm reel 1480Scope and Contents
This reel includes the following ledgers:
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, Contract Book (Book 1)Unidentified business ledger (Book 2)Grottoes Investment Company, Board of Directors Minutes (Book 3)Ashby Memorial Association, Minutes (Book 4)Public White School No. 6, Plains District, Rockingham County, School Register (Book 5)John Werner Ledger (Book 6)Unidentified Ledger (Book 7)James Bush Ledger (Book 8)George Kiser, Estate Accounts (Book 9)David Kyle Ledger (Book 10)Harvey Kyle Ledger (Book 11)James Kyle, Account Book (Book 12)David Kyle, Estate Accounts (Book 13)John Burkholder Ledger (Book 14)Funkhauser Paul Ledger (Book 15) - Microform box: MR 1481
Microfilm reel 1481Scope and Contents
This reel includes the following ledgers:
Unidentified Ledger (Book 16)William Bushnell's Ledger; Carriage maker, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Book 17)Peter Roller Ledger (Book 18)Robert Gray Ledger (Book 19)Ledger of Valley Turnpike County (Book 20)Joseph and John Baker Daybook (Book 21)Daybook of David Steele (Book 22)Giles Devier, Newspaper Subscription Ledger (Book 23) - Microform box: MR 1482
Microfilm reel 1482Scope and Contents
This reel includes the following ledgers:
Post Office Account Ledger (Book 24)Cosby Mills Ledger (Book 25)Harrisonburg (Va.) Post Office, Custodian's Record Book (Book 26)John C. Morrison Account Book (Book 27)Unidentified, Account book and travel diary (Book 28)Singers Glen Council Minutes (Book 29) - Microform box: MR 1483
Microfilm reel 1483Scope and Contents
This reel includes the following ledgers:
Samuel Bowman Ledger (Flat Book 1)James C. Bowman Ledger (Flat Book 2)Rawley Springs Guest Register (Flat Book 3)Addison Munch Ledger (Flat Book 4)Addison Munch Daybook (Flat Book 5)Addison Munch Daybook, Seven Fountains, Virginia (Flat Book 6) - Microform box: MR 1484
Microfilm reel 1484Scope and Contents
This reel includes the following ledgers:
Addison Munch Daybook (Flat Book 7)Seven Fountains Nursery, Apple Book (Flat Book 8)Bradley Foundry Ledger (Flat Book 9) - Microform box: MR 1485
Microfilm reel 1485Scope and Contents
This reel includes the following ledgers:
Unidentified Daybook (Flat Book 10)Unidentified Account Book (Flat Book 11)Unidentified Account Book (Flat Book 12)